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World Health Day 2025: Supporting maternal and newborn mental health
On April 7, CMHA Ontario joins the global community in recognizing World Health Day, with this year’s theme focusing on Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures. The campaign highlights the urgent need to improve maternal and newborn health worldwide, ensuring that every mother and baby not only survives but thrives. While much of
Transgender and non-binary people have always been here—and today (and every day), we celebrate them.
March 31st marks International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV), an annual event dedicated to recognizing the achievements, resilience, and contributions of transgender and non-binary people around the world. Trans and non-binary identities have existed for centuries, long before Western terminology. From Two-Spirit identities in Indigenous cultures to hijras in South
Celebrating Social Work Week: Honouring the Heart of Our Communities
March 3-9 is Ontario’s Social Work Week, and here at the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division, we are proud to join organizations across the country in celebrating the incredible dedication, compassion, and expertise of social workers. As the largest group of mental health professionals in Ontario, social workers play
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ARE YOU IN CRISIS?
If you are experiencing a mental health or addictions related crisis:
- Contact your doctor
- Go to the nearest hospital
- Find resources at ConnexOntario
- Call 911 or Telehealth Ontario at 1-866-797-0000
MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS SERVICES
About CMHA Ontario
Founded in 1952, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario, is a non-profit, charitable organization committed to making mental health possible for all.
CMHA Ontario achieves its mission by being a leader in the evolution of Ontario’s mental health and addictions system. We contribute our knowledge, resources and skills to provincial policy development and implementation. We promote mental health in collaboration with others. We further equitable access to mental health services and champion the reduction of mental health disparities. And we serve our branches in building their governance and leadership capacities.
CMHA Ontario is a dedicated partner within the network of Canadian Mental Health Associations at the national, provincial and local level. CMHA Ontario works closely with its local branches in communities across the province to ensure the utilization of best practices in the organization, management and delivery of services to consumers and families of individuals with mental illnesses, dual diagnosis and concurrent disorders. All CMHAs in Ontario work in a variety of partnerships to provide a coordinated, continuum of care using the social determinants of health model.
Find your local CMHA
To search by city or postal code, use the CMHA National
branch locator tool.